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Today is the 10 year anniversary of my falling under the spell of "Outlander." -- Lemora, 21:43:36 05/23/12 Wed
In 2002, May 23 was a Memorial Day holiday for my school district, for some reason. I began reading on May 20, after one false start six months earlier. On the eve of May 22, I got to Jamie's bombshell disclosure of his virginity. What!? This book sure was unpredictable! I was going to save any further reading for my picnic and hike the next day, under circumstances where I wouldn't be disturbed. the next morning, I packed my lunch and "Outlander" and set out for my favorite ancient oak tree in the country. I laid out my picnic blanket, scrunched up my pillow against the tree, and began with the chapter about the wedding, then "Revelations Of The Bridal Chamber" and on through "One Fine Day." When I hiked back to my car at sunset, I was lost in DG's version of 18th century Scotland. I sat in my car, playing a CD of Celtic harp music, staring into space for the longest time. That was the point in the book where I became completely enchanted. An incredible series of events have occurred in my life in the past ten years, including the deaths of at least ten people, some of whom I was close to and had known my entire life. That far off, idyllic spring day really does seem like a decade ago!

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Quote of the Day for Thursday, May 24, 2012 -- ScarlettO, 18:49:04 05/23/12 Wed
The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 25, "Bon Voyage" Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

A bridie was a plump hot pie in a half-moon shape, filled with minced steak and suet and spiced with onionn A rush of hot, rich juice and flaky pastry filled her mouth, and she closed her eyes in bliss.

"The food was either terribly bad or terribly good," Clare had said, describing her adventures in the past. "That's because there's no way of keeping things; anything you eat has either been salted or preserved in lard, if it isn't half rancid - or else it's fresh off the hoof or out of the garden, in which case it can be bloody marvelous.

The bridie was bloody marvelous, Brianna decided, even if it did keep dropping crumbs down the top of her bodice.

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Quote of the Day for Wednesday, May 23. 2012 -- ScarlettO, 18:16:40 05/22/12 Tue
The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 50, "I Meet a Priest" Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

Fortunately, at this point Mamacita came back, carrying a steaming clay pot wrapped in towels. She slapped a ladlefull of the contents on each plate, then went out, her feet - if she had any - moving invisibly beneath the shapeless skirt.

I stirred the mess on my plate, which appeared to be vegetable in nature. I took a cautious bite, and found it to be suprisingly good.

"Fried plantain, mixed with manioc and red beans," Lawrence explained, seeing my hesitation. He took a large spoonful of the steaming pulp himself and ate it without pausing for it to cool.

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"Custom of the Army" e-book dedication! -- Karen Henry, 17:34:58 05/21/12 Mon
What a wonderful surprise I found at the very end of the brand new "Custom of the Army" e-book.

"This story is for Karen Henry, Aedile Curule and Chief Bumblebee-Herder"

WOW!! Just....WOW!! I'm stunned, and delighted, to put it mildly! This is really an honor, and what a thrill for me personally!

In case you're wondering, both of those titles are referring to my role as Section Leader in the Diana Gabaldon folder on the Compuserve Books and Writers Community, a position I've held since 2008.

I'm so happy right now, I can't even tell you. THANK YOU, DIANA!!

Karen

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Quote of the Day for Monday, May 21, 2012 -- ScarlettO, 16:50:53 05/21/12 Mon
The following is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter, "A. Malcolm, Printer" Copyright 1994 by Diana Gabaldon.

I was very hungry; I had had nothing to eat since a hasty breakfast of rough parritch and boiled mutton, made soon after dawn at a posthouse in Dundaff. I had one last sandwich remaining in my pocket, but had been relectant to eat it in the coach, under the curious gaze of my fellow travelers.

I pulled it out and carefully unwrapped it. Peanut butter and jelly on white bread, it was considerably the worse for wear, with the purple stains of the jelly seeping through the limp bread, and the whole thing mashed into a flattened wodge. It was delicious.

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Quote of the Day for Monday, May 21, 2012 -- ScarlettO, 19:47:01 05/20/12 Sun
The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 23, The Skull Beneath The Skin. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

There is a story told of the Earl of Montrose - that after one battle, he was found lying on the field, half dead of cold and starvation, by a young woman. The young woman whipped off her shoe, mixed barley with cold water in it, and fed the resulting mess to the prostrate earl, thus saving his life.

The cup now thrust under my nose appeared to contain a portion of this same life-giving substance, with the minor difference that mine was warm.

"What is this?" I asked, eyeing the pale grains floating belly-up on the surface of a water liquid. It looked like a cup full of drowned maggots.

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Quote of the Day for Sunday, May 20, 2012 -- ScarlettO, 11:52:20 05/20/12 Sun
The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 7, Great Propects Fraught With Peril. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

While I was familiar with the eighteenth-century willingness to eat anything that could be physically overpowered and dragged to the table, I did not subscribe for the mania for presenting wild dishes as though they had not in fact undergone the intermediary process of being killed and cooked before making their appearance at dinner.

I thus viewed the large sturgeon with which I sat eyeball-to-eyeball with a marked lack of appetite. Complete not only with eyes but with scales, fins, and tail, the three-foot fish rode majestically on waves of roe in aspic, decorated with a vast quantity of tiny spiced crabs, which had been boiled whole and scattered artistically over the platter.

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QOTD for Saturday, May 19, 2012 -- CarolSR, 18:08:25 05/18/12 Fri
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 77, The Eighteenth of April . Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�And without thinking, pulled his hand from his wife�s grasp, rolled over her, and pulling up the shift from her thighs, took her hard and fast, in vicarious sharing of that mindless urge to spawn that attended the imminent presence of death.

Lay on her trembling, the sweat drying on his back in the breeze from the window, heart thumping in his ears. For the one, he thought. The one who would be the first to fall. The poor sod who maybe hadn�t swived his wife in the dark and taken the chance to leave her with child, because he had no notion what was coming with the dawn. This dawn.�

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Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:58:15 05/18/12 Fri
This week's Friday Fun Facts have been posted. I hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more!

Karen

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QOTD for Friday, May 18, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:12:00 05/17/12 Thu
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 36, Winter Wolves. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�He felt her body against him in the cold, her full breasts in his hands, her small round buttocks thrusting back, heavy and eager as he rammed her, oh God, he knew he ought not, he knew! And yet he�d done it, night after night, mad for the slippery tight clutch of her, long past the day when he knew he should stop, selfish, mindless, mad and wicked with lust��

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So this is where young Ian blames himself for the death of a child still in utero isnt it ?????............ he thought the constant sex he had had with Emily was the cause.... rather sad isnt it .?.......... I think they were just a couple not destined to have children.........What do any of you think of the custom where the woman can just up and leave the man if she is not happy with him....and choose another.....interesting concept.. (NT) -- Aussiewench, 00:42:08 05/18/12 Fri
- I think it was done only after much council. She loves Ian still but wanted children and a place within her community. Being childless made her an object of pity among the other women. I think the Council of Mothers finally encouraged her to leave Ian. Old what's-her-name is the one who told him to leave. (NT) -- kgp, 03:09:41 05/18/12 Fri
  - I thought not telling him herself was cruel. Some things transcend culture. (NT) -- DawnW., 14:58:18 05/18/12 Fri

I'm getting audio advertisements when I open this site. Is this spam? How do I stop it. -- JanR, 10:01:11 05/17/12 Thu

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THE MAD SCIENTIST'S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION -- Karen Henry, 17:15:11 05/16/12 Wed
Here's an update on the upcoming anthology, THE MAD SCIENTIST'S GUIDE TO WORLD DOMINATION, which will include Diana Gabaldon's story, "The Space Between" (that's the Joan-and-Michael story).

I'll post more information as soon as it becomes available.

Karen

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Thanks, Karen! Eagerly awaiting same ... (NT) -- FirstJane, 04:10:27 05/17/12 Thu

QOTD for Thursday, May 17, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:47:33 05/16/12 Wed
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 6, Ambush. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�He gave an ecstatic groan and redoubled his efforts. Wantonness was winning; she had nearly forgotten where they were.

Hanging on for dear life and thrilled by the ride, she arched her back and jerked, shuddering against the heat of him, the night wind�s touch cool and electric on thighs and buttocks, bared to the dark. Trembling and moaning, she melted back against the hay, her legs still locked around his hips. Boneless and nerveless, she let her head roll to the side, and slowly, languidly, opened her eyes.�

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QOTD for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:05:37 05/15/12 Tue
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 6, Ambush. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�She�d thought his description of Ronnie as �reeking wi� lust� merely a figure of speech, but evidently not. Bare flesh met bare flesh, and then some. She gasped. So did Roger.
�Oh, God,� he said. He paused, frozen for an instant against the sky above her, then sighed in an ecstasy of whisky fumes and began to move with her, humming. It was dark, thank God, though not nearly dark enough. The remnants of the fire cast an eerie glow over his face, and he looked for an instant the bonny big, black devil Inga had called him.�

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The Books in Norwegian -- Pickle, 14:48:12 05/15/12 Tue
Would anybody know where I would be able to find the books (specifically Outlander) translated into Norwegian? I've checked a couple of Norwegian bookstore chains and all I've found so far are the English, German and French versions.

Any ideas?

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I ordered one in german for my mum from.... www.bookdepository.com................... they are from uk and postage free.... great place to purchase books and worth a try (NT) -- Aussiewench, 15:13:20 05/15/12 Tue
- Oh and I also emailed DG to ask her the correct translations and order of the books in german as the titles differ so much and I was a bit confused.... (NT) -- Aussiewench, 15:21:24 05/15/12 Tue
  - No luck -- Pickle, 10:15:53 05/16/12 Wed
    - Hi Pickle, book 1 - 4 were published in Norway about 5 years ago. You probably have to search second hand bookstores for them. Or ask the publisher. For covers and titles look HERE (NT) -- Carmen, 07:06:20 05/17/12 Thu
      - Thank you! I'll see if I have any luck with second hand bookstores once I'm back in Norway. (NT) -- Pickle, 17:33:29 05/17/12 Thu

QOTD for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:56:27 05/14/12 Mon
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 6, Ambush. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�He had resumed the humming, pausing momentarily to murmur, �Love you, love you so much�.�
�I love you, too,� she said, reaching back and trying to catch his hand. �Roger, stop that!�
He did, but immediately reached around her, and grasped her by the shoulder. A quick heave, and she was lying on her back staring up at the distant stars, which were at once blotted out by Roger�s head and shoulders as he rolled on top of her in a tremendous rustling of hay, and loosened clothing.�

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QOTD for Monday, May 14, 2012 -- CarolSR, 16:39:33 05/13/12 Sun
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 4, Serpent in Eden. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�I mean, it�s been a long while since we�ve made love in the daylight.� He lay on his side, facing her, and smiled as he passed a light hand over the deep curve of her waist and the swell of buttock. �Ye�ve no idea how lovely ye look, stark naked, wi� the sun behind you. All gold, like ye were dipped in it.�

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QOTD for Sunday, May 13, 2012 -- CarolSR, 17:32:19 05/12/12 Sat
The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 35, Laminaria. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�Trying to calm me, Frank had resorted to rubbing my feet. Then my back, my neck, my shoulders�anything I would let him touch. And gradually, I had exhausted myself and lain quiet, letting him touch me. And�and we were both terrified, and terribly in need of reassurance, and neither of us had any words with which to give it.

And he made love to me, slowly and gently, and we fell asleep in each other�s arms�and woke up in a state of panic several hours later when my water broke.�

WELCOME TO MOTHERHOOD, CLAIRE. WELCOME BRIANNA ELLEN RANDALL.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL LALLYMOMS!

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jayn, 18:18:46 05/11/12 Fri

Some of the palisades still stood, black against the patchy snow. He would make her a new garden one day, God willing.

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jayn, 05:06:35 05/11/12 Fri

I was glad I hadn�t looked before; I couldn�t have borne to see it in its winter desolation, the ragged stems blackened and stiff, the rags of leaves rotted into the ground. It was still a sight to strike a pang to a gardener�s heart, but no longer desolate. Fresh green sprouted everywhere, spangled with tiny flowers; the kindness of spring laying garlands over winter�s bones. Granted, half the green things growing were grass and weeds; by summer, the woods would have reclaimed the garden, smothering the stunted sproutings of cabbages and onions. Amy had made a new vegetable patch near the old cabin; neither she nor anyone else on the Ridge would set foot here.

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Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:36:05 05/11/12 Fri
Here's my latest collection of Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. Hope you enjoy them, and please come back next week for more! :-)

Karen

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jayn, 09:35:01 05/10/12 Thu

There would be little growing now, only a few sturdy herbs and, and the overwintering things like carrots and onions and turnips, but it made no difference; she always went to see how things were, no matter how short a time she had been gone.

Again - sorry to be so late, not an orgainzed week at my house

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I like that Claire is a gardener and has a connection to the earth. (NT) -- DawnW., 18:06:24 05/11/12 Fri

International Editions -- Carmen, 05:59:38 05/10/12 Thu

More international editions came out since my last post.
I have already done a major update on the gallery, so you can find all the cover images there.

We have so far

a new Russian edition of Voyager
part I-III of the Japanese edition and
part I of the Italian paperback edition of An Echo in the Bone (the second part is coming soon)
and the Czech edition of Drums of Autumn is announced for this month

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade is coming out in
the Czech Republic (April)
Spain (May)
Italy (June)

The Scottish Prisoner is due in
the Netherlands (May)
Germany (June)

His Lordship also made it to Brazil (Plague of Zombies) and Romania (Custom of the Army)

And No Rest for the Dead came out in the Nethetlands.

Carmen
Outlandish Cover Gallery

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new excerpts -- Carmen, 05:35:42 05/10/12 Thu

Two snippets from WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD

Links are on the Excerpt Board

http://www.voy.com/9439/

Carmen

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Thanks for the head's up, Carmen, as usual! I am an excerpt junkie... I don't want to see a possible spoiler and can't help myself anyway! To you non-excerpt folks... I always want to joke, threaten posting an unpublished quote and the write: "the" or something similarly nonsensical and immaterial! Nope - I'd never ruin anything for my Lallypals and revel in shared anticipation of more to come! (NT) -- TheresaS (feeling silly), 10:42:45 05/10/12 Thu

THE SCOTTISH PRISONER wins an RT Award! -- Karen Henry, 04:19:28 05/10/12 Thu
THE SCOTTISH PRISONER has won an RT Award for Best Historical Fiction of 2011!

Details here.

Congratulations, Diana!

Karen

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Yay!!! (NT) -- kgp, 08:18:36 05/10/12 Thu

Anyone else getting the girl going to college phone advertisement?? It is only on the Books Boards for me. -- Lady Linda, 12:32:51 05/09/12 Wed

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jayn, 07:39:49 05/09/12 Wed

Ye�re out late, Sassenach. Is aught amiss?�

�Not at all,� I said. �It just seemed like a nice evening for a walk in a garden.�

�In a garden,� he repeated, giving me a sideways glance.

�The commandant�s garden, to be exact,� I said, and touched the pocket of my apron. �I, um, have the key.�

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jayn, 05:03:01 05/08/12 Tue

�It�s a poem, or part of one. Daddy always used to say it, when he�d come home and find Mama puttering in her garden � he said she�d live out there if she could. He used to joke that she � that she�d leave us someday, and go find a place where she could live by herself, with nothing but her plants.�

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jayn, 05:23:28 05/07/12 Mon

A stroll among the parterres and fountains of the palace gardens did a a good bit to restore my quanimity. Most of the trees were still leafless, but the day was unexpectedly warm for late March, and the smell of the swelling buds on the twigs was green and pungent. You could almost feel the sap rising in the towering chestnuts and poplars that edged the paths and sheltered the hundreds of white marble statues.

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jayn, 04:38:59 05/06/12 Sun

The herb garden, valuable repository of healing and flavours that it was, was cradled in an inner courtyard, large enough to allow sun, but sheltered from spring winds, with its own wellhead. Rosemary bushes bordered the garden to the west, chamomile to the south, and a row of amaranth marked the north border, with the castle itself forming the eastern edge, an additional shelter from the prevailing winds. I correctly identified the green spikes of late crocus and soft-leaved French sorrel springing out of the rich dark earth. Mrs. Fitz pointed out foxglove, purslane, and betony, along with few I did not recognize.

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LadyStormwing, 19:08:17 05/05/12 Sat
I'm re-reading "Voyager" for the upteenth time, and at one point, Claire is describing that a surgeon in the 20th century is someone who heals by means of a blade. Jamie says this is an apt description of her, saying she has a "wicked sharp edge". Claire is surprised by his word choice, and he is quick to point out he doesn't mean wicked as in evil or bad, but rather he is using it as a superlative.

However, Claire has also spent the last 20 years in Boston, where "wicked" is the trademark word of a New Englander's vocabulary, especially in Massachusetts. Wicked good, wicked bad, wicked pissa ("beyond cool"). Do you think she was more surprised by just the word itself, or do you think she recognized it for what it is now - 20th century slang? And Bostonian slang at that? In my experience, it's a pretty geographical term; we say it here in Western MA, but my cousins right over the state line in NY do not.

FWIW, I'm a child of the '80s, as they say. If "wicked" didn't enter mainstream vocabulary until after the 1960s, my thought process here is null anyway. I'm curious to hear especially from the other Northeast hosters who would know what common slang terms were before the 1980s.

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"Wicked" as a superlative has been around for a long while. As she has spent most of that 20 years with Frank (another Brit) or in the hospital there is an off chance she hasn't encountered it before. I do like your hypothesis that she was surprised at hearing it come from Jamie, in the correct context for a New Englander, and was jolted by its familiarity. , (NT) -- kgp, 10:59:52 05/06/12 Sun

QOTD for Saturday, May 5, 2012 -- TerriC, 17:19:28 05/04/12 Fri
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 37, Escape, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. Page 771

�Leave that to me. Get the bottle and help me sit him up.�

Jamie was half-unconscious as it was, an unwieldy burden who protested being manhandled upright against the bulkhead. �I�m going to die,� he said weakly but precisely, �and the sooner the better. Go away and let me do it in peace.�

Taking firm hold of Jamie�s blazing hair, Murtagh forced his head up and applied the flask to his lips. �Swallow this, me bonny wee dormouse, or I�ll break yer neck. And forebye ye�ll keep it down, too. I�m goin� to hold shut yer nose and yer mouth; if ye bring it up, it comes out yer ears.�

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The Custom of the Army -- Froggielady Lori, 16:42:36 05/04/12 Fri
I am so confused. Hope someone can unconfuse me. The Custom of the Army is brand new, right? Why do I know about the electric eel story? Does anyone know if it will be coming out on CD or in HB or PB? Can someone please help me??? Please???

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Re: The Custom of the Army -- Sarah, 19:06:53 05/04/12 Fri

Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 05:45:14 05/04/12 Fri
Please check out my Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. Hope you enjoy them, and please stop by next week for more!

Karen

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QOTD for Friday, May 4, 2012 -- TerriC, 18:19:02 05/03/12 Thu
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 31, Quarter Day, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. Page 644

�Did she think I might be a witch?� I asked curiously. Murtagh snorted briefly.

�I�ve yet to see the auld woman believes in witches, nor the young one, neither. It�s men think there must be ill-wishes or magic in women, when it�s only the natural way of the creatures.�

�I begin to see why you�ve never married.� I said.

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One of the more sensible things Murtagh said, IMO. I agree, through history it's men, who do not always undersatnd and often fear women (especially the bleeding and living thing) - so they name them witches. When a woman does it to another woman there is usually something at the root. (NT) -- jayn, 03:46:46 05/04/12 Fri

QOTD for Thursday, May 3, 2012 -- TerriC, 18:23:54 05/02/12 Wed

The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 31, Quarter Day, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. Page 642

The bannocks were steaming gently in the cool air, and smelt heavenly. I reached for one, the heavy boar�s-tooth bracelets clinking together on my wrist. I saw Murtagh�s eyes on them and adjusted them so he could see the engraved silver end pieces.

�Aren�t they lovely?� I said. �Jenny said they were her mother�s.�

Murtagh�s eyes dropped to the bowl of parritch that Mrs. Crook had thrust unceremoniously under his nose.

�They suit ye,� he mumbled.

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QOTD for Wednesday, May 2, 2012 -- TerriC, 19:32:27 05/01/12 Tue
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 31, Quarter Day, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

They were a pair of bracelets. Each made from the curving, almost-circular tusk of a wild boar, polished to a deep ivory glow, the ends capped with sliver tappets, etched with flowered tracery.

�Lord, they�re gorgeous! I�ve never seen anything so�so wonderfully barbaric.�

Jenny was amused. �Aye, that they are. Someone gave them to Mother as a wedding gift, but she would never say who. My father used to tease her now and then about her admirer, but she wouldna tell him, either, just smiled like a cat that�s had cream to its supper. Here, try them.�
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Not exactly our "typical" Wednesday, but, once you know...

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Happy Birthday Jamie!! -- Karen Henry, 02:58:39 05/01/12 Tue
Happy Birthday to James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser, who turns 291 today!

And thanks very much to Diana Gabaldon for creating such a wonderful character! <g>

If you're on Twitter, you can help us celebrate Jamie's birthday by tagging your tweets today with #HappyBdayJamie. But even if you're not on Twitter, I'm sure you can think of some suitable ways to mark the occasion. <g> Here's my own contribution: The ABCs of Jamie Fraser. Hope you enjoy it! (Some of you may have seen this before, but I thought it was appropriate to repost it today.)

Happy Beltane, everybody!

Karen

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That wa wonderful Karen. (NT) -- Lady Lukkarinen, 05:52:09 05/01/12 Tue
- Thanks! Really glad you enjoyed it. :-) (NT) -- Karen Henry, 06:22:53 05/01/12 Tue
So true! -- Julia, 08:26:29 05/01/12 Tue
Happy Birthday dear Jamie! A better man has never been made since you. (NT) -- Donna, 12:55:17 05/01/12 Tue

QOTD for Tuesday, May 1, 2012 (Happy Birthady, Jamie!) -- TerriC, 18:03:31 04/30/12 Mon
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 26, The Laird�s Return. (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. Page 569

�Dinna worry for Murtagh. There�s a canty wee bird can mind for himself.�

�Canty? Murtagh?� I knew the word meant �cheerful,� which seemed incongruous to a degree. �I don�t think I�ve ever seen him smile. Have you?

�Oh, aye. At least twice.�

�How long have you known him?

�Twenty-three years. He�s my godfather.�

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QOTD for Monday, April 30, 2012 -- TerriC, 18:15:29 04/29/12 Sun
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 24, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

Short, slightly built, but sinewy as a gibbon, with long arms that reinforced the simian resemblance, he had a low brow and narrow jaw that for some reason made me think of cave dwellers and pictures of Early Man shown in some of Frank�s texts. Not a Neanderthal, though. A Pict. That was it. There was something very durable about the small clansman that reminded me of the weathered, patterned stones, ancient even now, that stood their implacable guard over crossroads and burial grounds.

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QOTD for Sunday, April 29, 2012 -- TerriC, 20:00:43 04/28/12 Sat
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 3, The Man in the Wood, (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

I found myself staring into a pair of sharp black eyes. The sinewy hand that had temporarily distracted the Captain�s unwelcome attentions was attached like a limpet to my forearm.

�And who the hell are you?� I said in astonishment. My rescuer, if I cared to call him that, was some inches shorter than I and sparely built, but the bare arms protruding from the ragged shirt were knotted with muscle and his whole frame gave the impression of being made of some resilient material, such as bedsprings. No beauty, either, with pock-marked skin, low brow and narrow jaw.

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QOTD for Saturday, April 28, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 14:48:04 04/27/12 Fri
The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 42, Moonlight, Copyright � 1997 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�Do you�do you remember Faith?�

My voice trembled slightly as I asked it; we had not spoken in years of our firstborn, stillborn in France.

His arm curled around me, pulling me against him.

�Of course I do,� he said softly. �D�ye think I would ever forget?�

�No.� The tears were flowing down my face, but I was not truly weeping; it was no more than the overflow of feeling. �That�s what I mean. I never told you�when we were in Paris, to see Jared�I went to the Hȏpital des Agnes; I saw her grave there. I�I took her a pink tulip.�

He was quiet for a moment.

�I took her violets,� he said, so softly I almost didn�t hear him.

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Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:10:49 04/27/12 Fri
Here's this week's collection of Friday Fun Facts, from my blog, Outlandish Observations. I hope you enjoy them!

Karen

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Absolutely fascinating. (NT) -- Lady Linda, 05:55:36 04/27/12 Fri
- Thanks! Really glad you think so. :-) (NT) -- Karen Henry, 08:21:16 04/27/12 Fri
You are so gracious to share these with us each week - thank you. As always, fascinating and entertaining too :o) (NT) -- lori v, 06:02:06 04/27/12 Fri
- Thanks, Lori! I enjoy sharing these fascinating little bits of trivia with other fans. :-) (NT) -- Karen Henry, 08:22:26 04/27/12 Fri
Thanks so much for doing this. They are always awesome. (NT) -- swarl, 10:39:32 04/27/12 Fri
- You're welcome! I'm really glad everyone's enjoying the FFF! (NT) -- Karen Henry, 13:15:07 04/27/12 Fri
Three cheers for Karen!!!! (NT) -- Betsy Barefootspinner, 16:00:11 04/27/12 Fri
- Wow, Betsy, thanks so much! *blushing* (NT) -- Karen Henry, 17:10:58 04/27/12 Fri
Love the Friday Fun FActs!!! (NT) -- cherylc, 17:01:06 04/27/12 Fri
- Thank you! Please come back next week for more! (NT) -- Karen Henry, 17:11:37 04/27/12 Fri

QOTD for Friday, April 27, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 18:13:59 04/26/12 Thu
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 28, The Coming of the Light, Copyright � 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�Will ye make me beg?� he said.

�It was a girl,� I said after a moment. My voice sounded funny; hoarse and husky. �Mother Hildegarde baptized her. Faith. Faith Fraser. Mother Hildegarde has a very odd sense of humor.�

The bowed head didn�t move. After a moment, he said quietly, �Did you see the child?�

My eyes were open all the way now. I stared at my knees, where blown drops of water from the vines behind me were making wet spots on the silk.

�Yes. The mȃitresse sage-femme said I ought, so they made me.� I could hear in memory the low, matter-of-fact tones of Madame
Bonheur, most senior and respected of the midwives who gave of their time at L�Hȏpital des Anges.

�Give her the child; it�s always better if they see. Then they don�t imagine things.�

So I didn�t imagine. I remembered.

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QOTD for Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:21:07 04/25/12 Wed
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 24, The Bois de Boulogne, Copyright � 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�You�re having a hemorrhage, of course. Probably a ruptured placenta, judging from the amount of blood. Generally fatal. The loss of blood accounts for the numbness in hands and feet, and the darkened vision. They say that the sense of hearing is the last to go; that seems to be true.�

Whether it were the last of my senses to be left to me or not, hearing I still had. And it was voices I heard, most agitated, some striving for calmness, all speaking in French. There was one word I could hear and understand�my own name, shouted over and over, but at a distance. �Claire! Claire!�

�Jamie,� I tried to say, but my lips were stiff and numb with cold.

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Time flies........... --

Judie, 19:44:26 04/24/12 Tue
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Holy cow - only next week with a quoter - what to do, what to do. :D

Does anyone want to do QOTD? I need folks for May, June and July. Please click on "contact forum admin" above and send me the weeks you CANNOT do QOTD. Be sure to put Quote of the Day in the subject line and make sure to include your e-mail address just in case.

I will then set folks up with a week and just post them below as they get scheduled. It will save on e-mail back and forth - just look to see what week you have. Of course, if there is a problem we can always e-mail but I am trying to streamline things. We'll see - hahahaha.

Thanks!

Judie

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Done :) (NT) -- LynnC, 06:21:22 04/25/12 Wed
Me too. (NT) -- ScarlettO, 13:10:13 04/25/12 Wed
Check below ladies - I have added the 5 ladies who contacted me so far. :) (NT) -- Judie, 19:02:53 04/25/12 Wed
Sent you an e-mail. :) (NT) -- LisaW, 21:00:33 04/25/12 Wed
- Got it - July 29th. :D (NT) -- Judie, 21:55:25 04/25/12 Wed
  - Still 6 vacant weeks. :) (NT) -- Judie, 19:44:04 04/27/12 Fri
    - Lady Beth - you have been added to July 8th. :) (NT) -- Judie, 09:57:30 04/30/12 Mon

QOTD for Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:23:32 04/24/12 Tue
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 23, The Best-laid Plans of Mice and Men. . ., Copyright � 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�Sassenach!� he said. �Ye know you canna . . .�

�No,� I said, �but you can. Or rather, I can for you.�

He firmly detached my hand and gave it back to me.

�No, Sassenach. It woudna be right.�

�It wouldn�t?� I said, surprised.�Whyever not?�

He squirmed uncomfortably, avoiding my eyes.

�Well, I . . . I wouldna feel right, Sassenach. To take my pleasure from ye, and not be able to give ye . . . well, I wouldna feel right about it, is all.�

I burst into laughter, laying my head on his thigh.

�Jamie, you are too sweet for words!�

�I am not sweet,� he said indignantly. �But I am no such a selfish�Claire, stop that!�

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EITB questions -- Mary, 16:45:45 04/24/12 Tue
I have two questions about Echo In the Bone. My dh is reading it right now. I read it when it first came out so I need your insights. First question: Ian calls William cousin verbally and in writing before Williams knows who his father is. However William makes no comment about this. Why is that? Second question--is Emily's son Ian's son also? (I had thought that when I read that seciton of EITB and my dh thinks so too.)

I appreciate any help. Thanks, Mary

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QOTD for Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 17:06:26 04/23/12 Mon
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 22, The Royal Stud, Copyright � 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�No,� I said. �I�m scared. Jamie, I�m bleeding.�

�Jesus,� he said softly. I could feel the sudden thrill of fear that ran through him at my words, identical to the one that ran through me. He held me close to him, smoothing my hair and stroking my back, but both of us felt the awful helplessness in the face of physical disaster that made his actions futile. Strong as he was, he couldn�t protect me; willing he might be, but he couldn�t help. For the first time, I wasn�t safe in his arms, and the knowledge terrified both of us.

�D�ye think�� he began, then broke off and swallowed. I could feel the tremor run down his throat and hear the gulp as he swallowed his fear. �Is it bad, Sassenach? Can ye tell?�

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QOTD for Monday, April 23, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 18:32:31 04/22/12 Sun
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 6, Making Waves, Copyright � 1992 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

�And yet��he turned me toward him, hand closing gently over one breast��Yet when I think of you wi� my child at your breast . . . then I feel as though I�ve gone hollow as a soap bubble, and perhaps I shall burst with joy.�

He pressed me tight against his chest, and I hugged him with all my might.

�Oh, Claire, ye do break my heart wi� loving you.�

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"The Custom of the Army" e-book edition -- Karen Henry, 15:37:39 04/22/12 Sun
A special e-book edition of Diana Gabaldon's "The Custom of the Army" will be out on May 21, 2012 in the US and Canada!

Look here for more information.

Karen

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QOTD for Sunday, April 22, 2012 -- Lady Linda, 18:39:57 04/21/12 Sat
The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 41, From the Womb of the Earth, Copyright � 1991 by Diana Gabaldon, All Rights Reserved.

The moon above was a Christmas moon, so large as almost to fill the empty window. It seemed no wonder that the tides of sea and woman should be subject to the pull of that stately orb, so close and so commanding.

But my own tides moved no longer to that chaste and sterile summons, and the knowledge of my freedom raced like danger through my blood.

�I have a gift for you too,� I said suddenly to Jamie. He turned toward me and his hand slid, large and sure, over the plane of my still-flat stomach.

�Have you, now?� he said.

And the world was all around us, new with possibility.

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Quote of the Day for Saturday, 21 April 2012 --

LadyStormwing, 21:12:32 04/20/12 Fri
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 34, �The Postman Always Rings Twice�. Copyright 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

��Though there will be manie who tell me I am foolish to embark in this werk without the support of Louis � or at least his bankes! � I will entertain no notion at all of returning to that place from whence I came,� it read. �Rejoice with me, my deare friend, for I am come Home.�

Ever since I first read DIA, there's always been something about that last line that just stuck with me. Charles was never a favorite character, but here, just for a moment, I liked him. Enjoy your week, ladies!

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Friday Fun Facts -- Karen Henry, 03:05:58 04/20/12 Fri
Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts from my blog, Outlandish Observations.

I hope you enjoy them! And please come back next week for more. :-)

Karen

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Quote of the Day for Friday, 20 April 2012. --

LadyStormwing, 19:02:58 04/19/12 Thu
The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 1, �The Corbie�s Feast�. Copyright 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�You�re the laird of Broch Turach, aren�t you? Well, that�s where I�m sending you.�

�I dinna want to go home! I want to be shot!�

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VOTE FOR FIERY CROSS AT AUDIBLE.COM -- CarolSR, 14:16:53 04/19/12 Thu

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Link inside>>>>> -- Judie, 18:43:57 04/19/12 Thu
Diana has asked for the voting to stop. Please see link to her blog post, inside>>>>> -- Karen Henry, 02:58:17 04/20/12 Fri

Quote of the Day for Sunday, 15 April 2012 --

LadyStormwing, 21:20:30 04/14/12 Sat
The following quote is taken from Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 31, �Mail Call�. Copyright 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

�It was strange, then, and rather wonderful, to wake in the upper bedroom at Lallybroch, next to Jamie, and realize, as I watched the dawn touch his sleeping face, that he had been born in this bed. All the sounds of the house, from the creak of the back stair under an early-rising maid�s foot, to the drumming rain on the roofslates, were sounds he had heard a thousand times before; heard so often, he didn�t hear them anymore. I did.�

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